CVE-2022-4285

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 19, 2022

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference